A case of synchronous double primary lung cancer with neuroendocrine features

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 219-225

  Niho, Seiji ^a,b   Yokose, Tomoyuki ^b   Nagai, Kanji ^a   Nishiwaki, Yutaka ^a   Kodama, Tetsuro ^c   Mukai, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Double primary lung cancers; Neuroendocrine feature; Small cell carcinoma; Spindle cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTIGENS, CD56; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0033110729     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/29.4.219     Document Type: Article

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